Labor

Corporations Have Very Good Reasons to Break Labor Laws and Bust Unions

Workers at companies like Apple and Starbucks face armies of union-busting lawyers advising employers to repeatedly violate labor laws.

Sonali Kolhatkar

In an Historic Show of Labor Solidarity with Palestine, UAW Local 4811's Stand-up Strike Grows by 12,000

The academic workers at UCLA and UC Davis will join 2,000 already on strike at UC Santa Cruz.

Hannah Bowlus

Weaving a Feminist Movement

Women in Bengaluru are unraveling patriarchy, stitch by stitch, song by song.

Panthea Lee (李佩珊)

In Tough Loss, the High-Profile UAW Campaign at Mercedes-Benz in Alabama Falls Short

“This is probably the most strategic and organized union busting campaign in decades,” said one Mercedes-Benz worker.

Sarah Jaffe

In Ohio's Cancer Cluster, Workers Fight for Justice—and Transparency

“They hired the healthiest workers because it takes us longer to get sick.”

Maximillian Alvarez

Casino Workers Are Fighting for the Air They Breathe

“Why are our lives less important than every other employee in the state of New Jersey?”

Kim Kelly

Union Power Can Change Campus Protests Forever

A strike authorization vote at the University of California over repression of Gaza protesters hints at labor's political potential.

Hamilton Nolan

In Labor’s Mission to Organize the South, Another Domino Could Soon Fall

Following the UAW's successful campaign at Volkswagen's Tennessee plant, workers at a Mercedes-Benz facility in Alabama will vote this month on whether to join the union. A victory could indicate a sea change for labor’s prospects in the U.S. South.

Mindy Isser

East Palestine is a Labor Issue

“Norfolk Southern has not kept their promise to the whole community to make it right.”

Maximillian Alvarez

Bird Union Workers Tell Audubon Union Busting Won't Fly

More than two years into the fight for a new contract, union members say the National Audubon Society appears to be punishing them by withholding better benefits.

Avalon Edwards and Thomas Birmingham